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I was walking late one night along a tree-lined path; a chestnut fell at my feet. The noise it made as it burst, the resonance… — Emile M. Cioran
I heard police or ambulancemen, standing in our house, say, 'She must have provoked him,' or, 'Mrs Stewart, it takes two to make a fight.'… — Patrick Stewart
Perhaps more than any other disease before or since, syphilis in early modern Europe provoked the kind of widespread moral panic that AIDS revived when… — Peter Lewis Allen
God and the Gay Christian is a game changer. Prepare to be challenged and enlightened, provoked and inspired. — Rachel Held Evans
I have yet to see a serious act of violence that was not provoked by the experience of feeling shamed and humiliated, disrespected and ridiculed,… — James Gilligan
My driver Kellie Frost and I would race these fellows home and they were always faster on the highway. We did the same with Daniel… — Madeleine Stowe
Ladies ...any man that lusts after you will answer to God for his mental adultery...but you will answer to God if you provoked him by… — Albert Martin
Be prepared to be enlightened, enraged, amused, engaged, and above all provoked. — Beatrix Campbell
There were reprints of American editorials. Liberals saw it as a resurgence of social protest and decried the discrimination, poverty, and hunger that had provoked… — Dan Simmons
Friends provoked become the bitterest of enemies. — Baltasar Gracian
Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths. — Criss Jami
It is difficult to describe in short the enthusiasm and devotion provoked by and given to my research. We lived almost in poverty. I used… — Immanuel Velikovsky
A poet feels the impulse to create a work of art when the passive awe provoked by an event is transformed into a desire to… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A good many times I have been present at gatherings of people who, by the standards of the traditional culture, are thought highly educated and… — Carrie P Snow
As a general rule, I abstain from reading reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly… — Abraham Lincoln
Where and when have riots and anarchy been provoked by wise measures? If the government had acted wisely, and if their measures had met the… — Vladimir Lenin
As individuals die every moment, how insensitive and fabricated a love it is to set aside a day from selfish routine in prideful, patriotic commemoration… — Criss Jami
Fiction has always evoked pictures and provoked ideas and sounds in my mind. — Vernon Reid
The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere. — Maria Mitchell
Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Researching 'Lone Wolf,' I was amazed at how thoughtful and intelligent these animals are. There has never been a documented attack against a human by… — Jodi Picoult
Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it. — Alvin Toffler
I do not think you are in any danger of starving," Maximus said. "The surgeon said only two weeks ago that you are too fat."… — Naomi Novik
I ask myself how I could give in to this perpetual vertigo that I in fact provoked and feared. I floated among erratic clouds and… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I love reading another reader’s list of favorites. Even when I find I do not share their tastes or predilections, I am provoked to compare,… — Thomas Stearns Eliot

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